The home of the Song Yuan Dynasty.

Lin Yan and Li Xiaoyun sat side by side on the sofa, and the two admired the easter egg, which was the one that Luo Yang brought back from the ice city and gave to Li Xiaoyun as a gift.

Li Xiaoyun got something good, so she naturally wanted to show off and share it with Lin Yan, so she couldn't wait to come to Song Yuanchao's side the next day, and gave the easter egg to Lin Yan with some pride.

Women like beautiful and exquisite things, especially this easter egg is inlaid with a lot of sparkling gems.

The two women looked at the easter eggs and admired, and even Song Yuanchao, who had just returned home and entered the door, didn't pay attention.

"What are you looking at?" Song Yuanchao thought that his wife was upstairs, but he didn't expect to see Lin Yan and Li Xiaoyun sitting on the sofa and fiddling with a shiny thing, looking very interested.

"Come and see, what is this?" Lin Yan found out that Song Yuanchao was back, and hurriedly beckoned him to come and see.

Song Yuanchao approached and looked curious, and was suddenly surprised: "Faberge Easter eggs? Where did this thing come from? ”

"Hey, you know its name?" Li Xiaoyun was a little surprised, this name was told to her by Luo Yang, Lin Yan didn't know it, she didn't expect Song Yuanchao to call out its name when she saw it.

"Nonsense, this is a national treasure from Big Brother's side, a treasure of the former Tsar! Can I not know? By the way, I haven't said it yet, where did this thing come from? Song Yuanchao said with a solemn expression.

"Luo Yang gave it to me!" Li Xiaoyun said very proudly.

"Luo Yang? He? Did this kid go to Big Brother? Or did you rob the museum? There are a total of 69 of these things in the world, including 52 Easter eggs, there seem to be more than a dozen in the United States, most of the rest are stored in Big Brother, and a few have disappeared many ......years ago. ”

Lin Yan couldn't help but smile when she saw Song Yuanchao's serious expression, and she told Song Yuanchao that this easter egg was not genuine, just a replica, which was given to Luo Yang by a friend.

Hearing this, Song Yuanchao was stunned at first, and then laughed dumbly.

He was really shocked just now, because the fame of Fabergé Easter eggs is too great, Song Yuanchao had seen several of them in the museum in his previous life, and he was very impressed by Fabergé Easter eggs, which was also the main reason why he recognized what this thing was at a glance.

After taking a closer look, I have to say that this imitation of the easter egg is very exquisite, and the gold gems inlaid on it are also real, although it is not genuine, but it is also very valuable.

"Luo Yang's friend is very generous, if this thing is placed in Xiangjiang, it will be worth a lot of money, and it will be no problem to collect collectibles." Song Yuanchao returned the easter egg to Li Xiaoyun and gave a word of advice.

The price of a Fabergé egg is very high because it is so famous, and it has the blessing of the Tsar's royal family, and in 2014, a Fabergé egg was estimated to be worth a staggering 200 billion pounds.

In 2004, the Forbes family auctioned off nine treasured Fabergé eggs for a reserve price of $90 million, or $10 million.

Li Xiaoyun's easter egg is just a imitation, although the workmanship is very exquisite, it also uses expensive materials such as gold and gemstones. However, the imitation product is the imitation product, of course, the value is greatly discounted, but even so, as a handicraft it is worth a lot of money, according to the estimation of the Song Yuanchao, in the Xiangjiang auction, no matter what, it will be nearly one million Hong Kong dollars.

However, who was so generous and directly gave such a thing to Luo Yang?

Song Yuanchao couldn't help but ask curiously, Li Xiaoyun said that in fact, this friend was not Luo Yang's friend, but Qin Zhengguo's friend, Luo Yang went to Bingcheng a few days ago, and I heard that this friend was engaged in border trade with Big Brother.

not only gave them this easter egg, but also sent two oil paintings and fur and other things, but Luo Yang didn't ask for the fur or anything, so he took this easter egg, and the oil painting was given to him by Qin Zhengguo later.

Hearing Li Xiaoyun say this, Song Yuanchao couldn't help but be interested and asked about the oil painting. Li Xiaoyun said that the oil paintings were kept at home, and they didn't know oil paintings or anything, and when Qin Zhengguo gave it to him, he said that the paintings looked good, so that Luo Yang could add some artistic atmosphere to the office.

"Let's find someone to identify it, maybe these two paintings are not simple." Song Yuan Chaodao.

"Isn't it easy? You mean it's a famous painting? Li Xiaoyun asked curiously.

Song Yuanchao smiled: "I haven't seen this, how can I know, besides, I don't know much about oil paintings, but it's not difficult to do an appraisal, since the other party can give such an easter egg as a gift, then it's possible that the two paintings have a little origin, what do you think?" ”

Tilting her head, Li Xiaoyun thought about it and felt that what Song Yuanchao said made sense, maybe these two oil paintings are really not simple.

Thinking of this, where can Li Xiaoyun still sit still? Directly asked Song Yuanchao if there was anyone he knew who could identify the oil painting. Not to mention, Song Yuanchao really knows people, Song Yuanchao has been engaged in collecting all these years, his collection of calligraphy and painting is very rich, and the collection in his hand is second to none in the country.

Because of this hobby, Song Yuanchao also had some research on calligraphy and painting, and after getting to know Ma Dudu, he also learned a lot from Ma Dudu.

Although Chinese calligraphy and painting and Western oil painting do not belong to the same kind, the collection circle is very small, and many collectors have connections with each other, and Song Yuanchao is naturally no exception, knowing a teacher who is proficient in Western oil painting, the relationship between the two sides is good.

At the urging of Li Xiaoyun, Song Yuanchao called the teacher, and when he learned that Song Yuanchao had two oil paintings from Big Brother's side, the teacher immediately became interested and was willing to come over for free to help them identify them, and appreciate the two oil paintings at the same time.

Then, Li Xiaoyun went back and picked up the two oil paintings, and when the oil paintings arrived, the teacher had not yet come, Song Yuanchao helped unpack the packaging wrapped outside the oil paintings, and then found two shelves with Lin Yan to put the paintings in the living room, and then looked at the two paintings.

One of these two paintings is a landscape painting, and the picture has a distinctly Russian style, depicting a view of the Russian countryside.

There is also a picture of a person, a rich lady sitting at home, with a tea set in front of her, leisurely drinking afternoon tea, looking in the direction of the painter, with a surging smile on the corner of her mouth.

Song Yuanchao did not know much about Western oil painting, and to be honest, apart from those famous painters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Picasso, Van Gogh and their heirlooms, other Western oil paintings were not well known.

Moreover, these two paintings are not as colorful as the Western oil paintings that Song Yuanchao knew, but have a somewhat gray style in the painting style.

Song Yuanchao looked for the signature on the painting, but although there was a signature in the corner, this signature was in Russian and it was a shorthand, Song Yuanchao didn't know Russian at all, let alone what this abbreviation represented, he couldn't see the name after looking at it for a long time, so he could only wait for the teacher to arrive and then give him an answer.

Ten minutes later, as the doorbell rang, the teacher came.

"Mr. Song!"

"Hello Mr. Jiang, I'm really sorry to let you run." Song Yuanchao shook hands with Teacher Jiang and said apologetically.

"It doesn't matter, look at the painting, it's worth it no matter how far it is, by the way, where is the painting?" Teacher Jiang shook hands with Song Yuanchao, and then asked bluntly.

Song Yuanchao pointed in the direction of the living room, and then walked over with Teacher Jiang.

Mr. Jiang is a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts and a student of Mr. Ji Fang, who is a well-known figure in the Chinese art world, and the art school he founded in Shanghai has left a strong mark in China's modern history.

Now that Mr. Ji Fang is over 90 years old, he has long since left the painting world and art education he loved, but his students have taken over the burden of Mr. Ji and played a mainstay role in domestic art education. And Mr. Jiang is one of them, Mr. Jiang is not only quite accomplished in Chinese painting, but also has a very high level of Western oil painting.

took Mr. Jiang into the living room and introduced him to Lin Yan and Li Xiaoyun, Mr. Jiang and the two of them gave a brief greeting, and their eyes were quickly attracted by the two paintings on the shelf.

When he saw the painting, Mr. Jiang was slightly stunned at first, and hurriedly stepped forward a few steps, with surprise and joy in his expression, staring at the painting motionless.

After a while, Mr. Jiang took out a magnifying glass from his pocket and looked at it carefully, looking left and right, especially for a long time, including the signature, for more than half an hour.

"These two are genuine!" Song Yuan stood beside them, not disturbing Mr. Jiang's movements, and when Mr. Jiang straightened up and turned back to say this after Mr. Jiang finished reading all the two paintings, Li Xiaoyun's face suddenly showed joy.

"Teacher, you said that these two paintings are genuine masterpieces?"

"That's right! I'm sure! Teacher Jiang nodded confidently, and then pointed to the landscape painting and said, "This landscape painting is a realistic painter Alexei. The work of Safrasov, the founder of the genre of lyrical landscapes in painting, he has a famous landscape painting "The White-billed Bird Flies Coming", this painting is a household name on the Big Brother side, it is specially introduced in primary school textbooks, and many children of the Big Brother family know about it from childhood. ”

However, with the exception of "The White-billed Bird Flies", Safrasov's other paintings have not surpassed this one, so his other works are not famous. But this does not mean that his work is bad, but that the painting is so famous that it overshadows the limelight of other works. ”

"Just like the work in front of us, with a distinct Safrasov style, it is one of Safrasov's excellent works in terms of brushstrokes and pictorial meaning, and the signature on it confirms this, which is why I conclude that this work is from Safrasov."

After speaking, Mr. Jiang pointed to another figure: "If I read this painting correctly, it is Valentin. Serov's portraits, Serov, a painter known for his portraits, is best known for his work "The Girl and the Peach", which is very similar in structure to "The Girl in the Peach", the style is also the same, and it also has Serov's signature. ”